America needs to make a U-turn in its thinking

Published: Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 08:00 AM.

It’s just my opinion that the Affordable Care Act should never have been called “Obamacare.” I think the president and certain others get that famous tingling up their leg each time they hear his name; it would please me more if the leg stayed numb, similar to their brains when someone tells me socialism is good for America. It should have a long name like “The Sudden Destruction to America’s Best, Likeable and Affordable Health Care.” Sponsored by our president.

I hear and read if we want to change the operation of the government, we need to do it at the polls. This is a fact. We did that in 2008 and again in 2012; somebody elected our president when his platform was to fundamentally change America. That was done by registered voters staying home and not exercising their right and duty to vote, and by free gifts from the government.

America is now hard to recognize. I read where 59 voting districts in the Philadelphia region received 100 percent for Obama, while Romney received not one. Looks like at least one would have made a mistake and voted for Romney. I wonder how this could happen. Politicians sell themselves to the public by promising them what they want to hear. They promise to do great things for the community, state or the nation. Has any one of them ever thought about doing something to lower the prices instead of raising wages for government employees? What the taxpayer gets is more debt, taxes, corruption, loss of jobs, wasteful spending, more regulation, welfare and government.

It is reported that we now have more people receiving government help than there are taxpayers working. Let’s borrow more money and give it to some one who doesn’t need or appreciate it; that will help the next few generation remember what we did to them. Their way of thinking is not to worry about the mule, just load the wagon.

Progressivism has just about progressed America out of existence. People complain that we are not moving ahead as we should. I think if we backed up a few years, made a U-turn in our forward thinking and action, we would be in a better position to handle our local and foreign affairs. I really don’t know why the president is blamed for so much when he didn’t even know it was going on. Can’t people understand that it is hard to concentrate on minor things like “Fast and Furious,” Benghazi, the IRS scandal, the Obamacare shock, etc., and play golf at the same time? Please people, give the man a break. All my life I’ve been told that numbers don’t lie, but I’m having trouble trying to work this one out. Help me if you can.

Three men stopped at a motel for a room; the manager charged them $10 each, which was $30. After the men went to the room the manager decided he had overcharged them. He gave the porter $5 and told him to divide it equally between the three men. The porter did not know how to divide $5 equally, so he decided to give each man $1 and keep $2 for himself. That made each man pay $9 each ($27 total) and the $2 the porter kept made it $29. Where is the other $1?

I believe Washington has the same problem. I can’t decide how to hurt the people the most with all the fees, permits, licenses and other expenses it can dream up, or account for the taxpayer money it collects.

It’s just my opinion that the Affordable Care Act should never have been called “Obamacare.” I think the president and certain others get that famous tingling up their leg each time they hear his name; it would please me more if the leg stayed numb, similar to their brains when someone tells me socialism is good for America. It should have a long name like “The Sudden Destruction to America’s Best, Likeable and Affordable Health Care.” Sponsored by our president.

I hear and read if we want to change the operation of the government, we need to do it at the polls. This is a fact. We did that in 2008 and again in 2012; somebody elected our president when his platform was to fundamentally change America. That was done by registered voters staying home and not exercising their right and duty to vote, and by free gifts from the government.

America is now hard to recognize. I read where 59 voting districts in the Philadelphia region received 100 percent for Obama, while Romney received not one. Looks like at least one would have made a mistake and voted for Romney. I wonder how this could happen. Politicians sell themselves to the public by promising them what they want to hear. They promise to do great things for the community, state or the nation. Has any one of them ever thought about doing something to lower the prices instead of raising wages for government employees? What the taxpayer gets is more debt, taxes, corruption, loss of jobs, wasteful spending, more regulation, welfare and government.

It is reported that we now have more people receiving government help than there are taxpayers working. Let’s borrow more money and give it to some one who doesn’t need or appreciate it; that will help the next few generation remember what we did to them. Their way of thinking is not to worry about the mule, just load the wagon.

Progressivism has just about progressed America out of existence. People complain that we are not moving ahead as we should. I think if we backed up a few years, made a U-turn in our forward thinking and action, we would be in a better position to handle our local and foreign affairs. I really don’t know why the president is blamed for so much when he didn’t even know it was going on. Can’t people understand that it is hard to concentrate on minor things like “Fast and Furious,” Benghazi, the IRS scandal, the Obamacare shock, etc., and play golf at the same time? Please people, give the man a break.
All my life I’ve been told that numbers don’t lie, but I’m having trouble trying to work this one out. Help me if you can.

Three men stopped at a motel for a room; the manager charged them $10 each, which was $30. After the men went to the room the manager decided he had overcharged them. He gave the porter $5 and told him to divide it equally between the three men. The porter did not know how to divide $5 equally, so he decided to give each man $1 and keep $2 for himself. That made each man pay $9 each ($27 total) and the $2 the porter kept made it $29. Where is the other $1?

I believe Washington has the same problem. I can’t decide how to hurt the people the most with all the fees, permits, licenses and other expenses it can dream up, or account for the taxpayer money it collects.

Isn’t it great that our president has given us middle-class people, the taxpayers, the perfect insurance plan? And has taken the second best for himself? Such chivalry!

If you happen to offend someone by letting them know you are a Christian, don’t apologize. Just do it again, it will make you feel good. Better yet, say a prayer for this nation.